Manager Auditing is an important tool for creating a robust Operational Health and Safety program in your workplace. In this webinar, Kathleen will share the steps on creating Manager Auditing, how to implement this program in your workplace and creating benchmarks to track the success of your program. Manager Auditing can be integrated into your Performance Management System and can also assist your team in knowing if your Health and Safety Management System is working. Learn how to manage your audit components within your company's own internal system.

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Manager Auditing
September 20, 2012
Presented by: Kathleen Collins, Health and Safety Manager at
Drake International

2. Agenda
• What is an OHS Management Audit?
• Components of an OHS audit program
• Developing a process for your Management Audit

3. OHS Management Audits
At a glance OHS Management Audits:
• Evaluate your OHS System
• Focus on senior management/management
• Enable OHS System sustainability and continual growth
• Blend data for performance reviews

4. OHS Management Audits
Management Audits also:
• Identify strengths and weakness
• Identify areas of risk your business
• Identifies areas opportunity to change
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5. Components of an OHS Management Audit
System
General Structure should include the following:
Standard Audit Forms
Purpose Methodology
Scope Scoring
Procedures Risk Identifiers
Training Opportunity
Evaluation Control

6. Components of an OHS Management
Audit
Management Commitment Standard
• Demonstrates support of internal responsibility system
• Employers’ commitment of the occupational health and
safety system and legislation
• All parties support resources conduct the audit
• Supports an integration of management systems
• Demonstrates management actions in actively promoting
Health and safety systems

7. Components of an OHS Management
Audit
Health & Safety Policy
• Commitment to continual
improvement
• Commitment of all
workplace parties
• General Statement of roles
and responsibilities
• Protecting the workers
Health & Safety in the
workplace.
• Signed by the employer

8. Components of an OHS Management
System
Legal Requirements Standards
• Applicable legislative requirement standards
• Demonstrate how the requirements are incorporated into
the standards
• Consistently met requirements

9. Components of OHS Management
System
Health & Safety Objectives
• Responsibilities of workplace parties and other legal
requirements
• Responsibilities are defined and implemented and there
is accountability
• Responsibilities for other people in the workplace and
hazards are communicated

10. Components of OHS Management Audit
Joint Health & Safety Committee
& Safety Representative
• Application of JHSC or Safety
Representative
• Standard that applies
• Members are able to carry out
duties
• Employer responses to solutions
for corrections

11. Components of an OHS Management
Audit
Hazard Recognition Standards
• Identify, assess, prioritize and control hazards
• Report hazards
• First Aid
• Injury and illness reporting
• Incident investigation
• Workplace inspections
• Job/Task analysis

12. Components of an OHS Management
Auditing
Assessment Review Standards
• Review of hazard factors: People, equipment, material,
environment, and process
• Review of fatalities, injuries and illnesses
• Review of hazard reports, inspections, investigation, and monitoring,
and measuring results, and recommendations.
• Hygiene assessments

13. Components of an OHS Management
Auditing
Assessment Review Standards Continued
• Job task analysis
• Ergonomic assessments
• Work force input
• Review of standards and guidelines
• Hazards weighted and measured

14. Components of an OHS Management
Audit
Preventive Measures & Hazards Controls
• Preventative Measures and Hazard Controls
• Implement Controls
• Legal Requirements

15. Components of an OSH Management
Audit
Contractor Safety Standards
• Process governing the procurement of clients, equipment and
materials
• OHS Purchasing specifications
• Risk Management Assessments
• Safety pre-checks and reviews
• Participation in orientation activities
• Identification, assessment, elimination or control of hazards
• Compliance
• Certificates of Insurance

16. Components of an OHS Management
Audit
Accessibility, Disability, & Return to Work Program
• Programs are established
• RTW Self assessment
• Accessibility plans
• Physical demands analysis
• Case management
• Performance tracking

17. Components of an OHS Audit
Emergency Management Standard
• Identification of potential emergencies
• Procedures and response plan
• Emergency drills
• Responsibility to oversee the emergency management
system

18. Components of an OHS Management
System
Documentation and Record Standard
• Creating, modifying, approving and controlling
documents
• Documents and format appropriateness
• Reviewed by a competent person
• Records are retained
• Records retention and expiry

19. Components of OHS Management Audit
Communication System Standard
• Information is provided in a language
format understood in the workplace
• Internal and external information
exchange
• Feedback
• Methods of communication
• Worker involvement
• JHSC and safety representative
• Documentation of communication

20. Component of an OHS Management
Audit
Competency and Training Standard
• Identifies competencies, skills, licenses and
qualifications by all workplace parties
• Identifies training needs for OHS
• Competency required by all job positions
• “Refreshers”
• Evaluations and records

21. Components of an OSH Management
Audit
System Evaluation Standard
• Evaluator qualifications, evaluation scope, frequency,
methodology and reporting process.
• Elements are implemented
• Identifies success and opportunities for continual
improvement
• Preventative and corrective action responses

22. Components of an OHS Management
Audit
Senior Management Review Standard:
• Reviewed annually
• Meets objectives
• Measures and evaluates management outputs from the health and safety
system
• Corrective action plan to address non-conformities and opportunities
• Recognize achievements

23. Developing a Process
• Developing a Process may be difficult depending upon
the size and culture of your organization
• Process will evolve
• Standard must evolve with the process
• Adhere to the set standard

24. HEALTH AND SAFETY Q & A
For additional questions please email:
Kathleen: kcollins@na.drakeintl.com
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26. SPECIAL OFFER
30 minute
complimentary Health
and Safety
Consultation
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Please contact Kathleen:
kcollins@na.drakeintl.com
416-216-1088
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27. Thank You for Attending
For Questions please contact Kathleen Collins
kcollins@na.drakeintl.com
416-216-1088
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